Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned against a repeat of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, as the country marked the anniversary of the 1986 disaster at the power plant. "Europe's largest nuclear power plant near Zaporizhzhya has already been in the hands of Russian terrorists for 785 days," the head of state wrote on Telegram on Friday. He urged the international community to exert pressure on Russia to bring the power plant back under Ukrainian control. "And that all nuclear objects
Russian forces are making “attempts to capture the village of Ivanivske and the outskirts of Bohdanivka at any cost” in an attempt to break through to the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast, the Khortytsia operational-strategic group spokesperson, Nazar Voloshyn, said on national television on April 23.
Ukraine said Friday there was fierce fighting in the beleaguered frontline city of Avdiivka that has become a main Russian target ahead of the second anniversay of its invasion.Its fall would be a significant symbolic victory for Russia ahead of the February 24 anniversary of the start of the invasion.
"Avdiivka is at risk of falling into Russian control. In very large part, this is happening because Ukrainian forces on the ground are running out of artillery ammunition," U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said during a press briefing.